Trapped Assam miners’ chief arrested, rescue operation enters Day 5 | India Information

Efforts underway to rescue the labourers trapped inside a coal mine, in Dima Hasao district, Assam. (PTI)

GUWAHATI: Chief of employees who’re presently trapped on the backside of the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district was arrested on Thursday night time, at the same time as rescuers from Navy and Military made little headway on the operation’s fifth day.An official stated dewatering of 340ft-deep vertical shaft continued on Friday utilizing specialised machines introduced in by ONGC and Coal India. Up to now, the physique of a Nepalese employee has been retrieved. The labourers had been trapped inside 3-kilo coal quarry at Umrangso after a sudden gush of water flooded the location on Jan 6. Police stated their ‘sardar’ (chief), Hanan Laskar, had fled the location quickly after. Earlier on Tuesday, Punish Nunisa, the quarry’s lease-holder, was arrested.Congress on Friday held a state-wide sit-in demonstration over the alleged unlawful coal syndicate within the state. APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah stated the “failure of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma govt has been exposed with the tragic deaths of innocent labourers trapped in the illegal coal syndicate in Umrangso.”Borah stated stated the sit-in demonstration was held with the title “In Search of Truth: Who is the kingpin of the coal syndicate?” with a requirement to establish the kingpin and make the identify public. “We have not seen the CM expressing his pain at the death of a miner. No BJP politician or worker has visited the families of the miners to provide support at this critical moment. The CM has not visited the incident spot. BJP national president, who recently visited the state, did not give a statement on the incident,” he added.Congress MP from the state and deputy chief in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, stated this was not an remoted incident and the problem of unlawful mining within the area has been ongoing for years, with quite a few related tragedies up to now. He stated Sarma ought to concentrate on what is going on within the state and take full accountability for the tragedy. “We demand exemplary punishment for those responsible for these illegal activities and compensation for the families,” Gogoi added.